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606) Harvesting nature's diversity
In order to draw attention to the continuing loss of biodiversity and mobilize action to halt this genetic erosion, the choosen theme of 1993's World Food Day (WFD) was "Harvesting nature's diversity". This book was published in this context. It introduces the concepts of biodiversity, the conservation...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 1993
607) The Himachal Bank Will Conserve Indigenous Organic Seeds
Home of some of the traditional varieties of food grains and cereals, Himachal Pradesh – a predominantly agrarian land, is all set to showcase its past by creating a seed bank of all its indigenous organic crops. Such crops, known for nutrition value, are grown in mountain climates with all its purities...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2021
608) Ethnobotanical study of traditional edible plants used by the Naxi people during droughts
Since 2009, millions of people have been forced to live under food shortage by the continuous drought in Southwestern China. Traditional adaptive strategies of pre-market indigenous people are a potential source of innovation. The authors studied three questions among the Naxi people: 1) What edible...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2016
609) Capturing genetic variation in crop wild relatives: An evolutionary approach
Crop wild relatives (CWR) offer novel genetic resources for crop improvement. To assist in the urgent need to collect and conserve CWR germplasm, this study advances the concept of an “evolutionary” approach. Central to this approach is the predictive use of spatial proxies of evolutionary processes...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
610) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)'s PlantSearch database
BGCI’s PlantSearch is the only global database of living plant, seed and tissue collections. It contains about 1,515,108 collection records, representing 622,694 taxa, at 1,177 contributing institutions. The user can locate threatened, rare, medicinal and other plant species in living collections hence,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A